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The Academy of American Poets invites you to join us in New York City for a three-day series of events exploring the ever-changing landscape of contemporary poetry in America. The Poets Forum features in-depth discussions with an array of distinguished poets, readings, lectures, receptions and a selection of poet-led literary walking tours.

Please note: All-Events Passes provide access to all Poets Forum events. Friday and Saturday Passes apply only to events on specified days. Passes are will-call only and may be picked up at all Poets Forum events. Tickets will not be mailed. E-Tickets and other print-outs will not be valid.

Tickets for Thursday's Chancellors Reading only will be available for purchase through New York University's Skirball Center.

Kevin Larimer, editor in chief of Poets & Writers Magazine, provides best practices for submitting poems to literary magazines and presses, and answers questions about how to navigate the publishing process.

Theresa Lang Center, The New School, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd Floor

Poetry Walking Tours, 10:30 a.m.

Poets Tina Chang, Jordan Davis, Stacy Szymaszek, and Matthew Thorburn will lead walking tours exploring the literary history of Brooklyn, the West Village, SoHo, and downtown Manhattan.

All-Events Passholders only.

All-Events Passholders will be contacted about walking tour details in early fall.

Discussions on Contemporary Poetry, 12:30 p.m. & 2:00 p.m.

Two panels of poets discuss the use of organizing principles and themes to investigate varied subjects, and examine the creative impulse that brings them to poetry over any other art form.

Award-winning poet, editor, translator, and human rights advocate Carolyn Forché presents this year’s Blaney lecture, Not Persuasion But Transport: The Poetry of Witness. This annual lecture series was created in memory of former Academy of American Poets Board member Dorothy Gulbenkian Blaney by a gift from her estate.

Theresa Lang Center, The New School, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd Floor

Poets Awards Ceremony, 7:30 p.m.

Celebrate the recipients of this year’s Academy of American Poets Prizes with readings by Carolyn Forché, Sylvain Gallais, Cynthia Hogue, Chris Hosea, Philip Levine, Patricia Smith, John Taylor, and Jillian Weise. A reception will follow.

This event is free and open to the public.

Tishman Auditorium, The New School, 66 West 12th Street

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26

Chancellors Discussions

Through a series of intimate talks, some of the most renowned poets of our time examine issues central to poetry today.

Help us close this year's Poets Forum with a reading and reception for the new fall/winter issue of American Poet, the Academy's biannual journal. Mary Jo Bang, Roger Reeves, and Mark Wunderlich will read their work. Refreshments and complimentary copies of the journal will be available.

This event is free and open to the public.

Wollman Hall, The New School, 65 West 11th Street, 5th Floor

Poets Forum is cosponsored by The New School Creative Writing Program and The New York University Creative Writing Program. Our media sponsor is The Paris Review. The program is also made possible, in part, by support from the New York State Council on the Arts and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.

Learn more about the Poets Forum, including information about this year's participating poets, by visiting www.poets.org/poetsforum.